Electric toaster.



F. E. HEWITT.

ELECTRIC TOASTBB..

APPLIOATION FILED 213.24, 1912.

1,049,359. Patented m1111913.

' UNITED STATES rATENT OFFICE.

FRANK ERNE HEWITT, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO,` CANADA.

ELECTRIC TOASTER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 7, 1913.

l Application led February 24, 1912. Serial No. 679,583. l

vention is to devise a simple and effective .toaster and one that may beconstructed more cheaply than those at present in use as well asbeing..more'eicient.

A further object 1s to construct an electric toaster wherein the heatradiated from the heating elements is deflected back on the bread to betoasted.

lwhile A still further object is to construct the heating elements insuch a way that the y ings in which:

Figure l, represents a perspective view ofthe-toaster. Fig. 2, is across section through the same, and Fig. 3, is a perspective detail ofthe mica strips upon which they coilsy of wire are wound showing themode of connection to the U-shaped end ortions which are mounted' on thevertical olts. Fig. 4:, is a perspective detail of the heating unitswith the iron bar inserted between the layers of mica the ends of thesame being shown in section.

Like letters of reference indicate corre-- sponding parts in eachfigure.

A is the base of the toaster provided with suitable legs.

B are` the toast receptacles 'hinged on the base A and provided withinwardly extending end portions B designed to overlap each other whenthe receptaclesl are in thevertical position, the hinges for' thereceptacles being formed by the rods C extending through the cotter pinsD, the said cotter pins extending through apertures in the portions B2and the ends bent over again at the bottom side of the base A.

B2 are portions of receptacles B` being bent at right angles thereto anddesigned to hold the bread.

E are rods extendingbetween the portions B and designed to prevent thebread from falling) over against thelk heating element eing toasted.

F are vertical bolts provided with suitable nuts F designed to securethe bolts to the base A.' 4 y G are U-shaped metal portions designed tohold the heat'resisting strips H and H to the bolts F.

I are rivets extending through the U- shaped portions and through holesH in the heat resisting strips H and H', said holes being of slightlylarger diameter than the diameter of the rivets I to allow for theexpansion of the heat resisting material,

such as mica, and prevent the same from, y

buckling due to this expansion as would occur 1f the mica plates wererigidly. attached to the U-shaped portions.l Y

O is an iron bar inserted between the two layers H and H of heatresisting material extending for part of the length thereof', said barbeing held in place by the coils of ribbon wire referred to below. y

J are coils of ribbon wire wound upon the mica strips or plates H.

K is a pad of heat non-conducting material, such as asbestos, held belowthe base A by the nuts F on the bolt F.

L is a bottom plate for the base designed to inclose the connectingwires and swltch,

and held in place by havlng apertures therein designed to register withthe bolts F and held on to the said bolts by the nuts F2.

It will be` seen that a device constructed according to my inventionwill possess numerous advantages over the electric toasters now in use.The bread will be more readily and quickly toasted than with theordinary forms of electric toaster; also the liability to burn onesfingers when rgmoving the toast from the. toaster will be done away withas t-he portions B, containing the toast can be drawn down out of reachof the heating element. Also the bread to be toasted may be put into thereceptacles B when they are in a horizontal position and then turnedinto a vertical position to be toasted. The mica strips H which hold thewire J will 'not have the tendency to buckle asr occurs in the ordinarytoaster and which causes the bread to burn instead of toasting evenly.Further by simply removing the nuts F heat elements may be removed andothers replaced should they prove defective, and a further advantage isthe simplicity with which the whole device may be constructed. Also theiron bar being inserted between the heat resisting strips and held inplace by the ribbon wire materially reduces the current consumption andhence tends toward economy. n v

Many modifications may be made in my invention Wit-hout departing fromthe spirit or scope of the claims andthe form shown is to be taken in`an illustrative and not in a limiting sense. i

What I claim as my invention is:

l. An electrictoaster comprising a heating ele-ment consisting'of stripsor plates of heat resisting material, standards of U-shaped crosssect-ion, rivets securing the U-shaped standards to the heat resistingmaterial, said rivets. extending through aperstrips, standards ofU-shaped cross section,

rivets securing the U-shaped standards to the heat resisting material,said rivets extending through apertures inthe heat resisting material,ofv slightly larger diameter than the diameter of the rivets, coils ofWire Wound on the heat resisting strips, bolts extending through theU-shaped standards and secured to the base of the toaster andreceptacles suitably hinged to the base of the toaster and having endand bottom portions ing element consisting of heat resisting strips,standards of U-shaped cross section, rivets securing the U-shapedstandards to the heat resisting material, said rivetsv extending throughapertures in the heat resisting material of slightly larger diameterthan the diameter of the rivets, coils of wire wound on the heatresisting strips, bolts extendingthrough the U-shaped standards andsecured to the base of the toaster, and receptacles, hinges for thereceptacles consisting of a lateral rod, end and bottom portions on saidreceptacles bent at right angles to the hinged portions, and rod'sextending across the end portions, Cotter pins extending through theapertures in the bottom of the right angled portions and through thebase of the toaster, and clenched below the latter, said rods extendingthrough the heads of the cotter pins, substantially as de scribed.

4. An electric toaster comprising a heating element, standards ofU-shaped cross sectionfor receiving the ends of the heating element, andmeans for holding the bread whereby it is moved into a horizontalposition for inserting and for withdrawing and into a vertical positionfor toasting, substantially as described.

FRANK ERNE HEWITT.

Witnesses B. Born, G. F'. CHAMBERLAIN.

